Improvement in combined scissors-sharpener and screw-driver



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BRooKLYN, New YORK.

Letters Patent No. 85,163, (lated December 22, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent-.and making part of thesame.

To :all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, GARnE'r P. BERGEN, ofBroklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented-,anew and useful lCombined Scissors- Sharpener and.Screw-Driver,- of whichthe following .is aA full, clear, and exact description, reference being'had to the accompanying drawing, formingpart of this speciication, andin which- Figure 1 represents a view in" perspective of my combinedscissors-Sharpener and screw-driver, and

Figure 2, a sectional View thereof in direction of the length of thehandle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in` bothfigures.

' My invention consists o f a combination, in the one instrument orimplement, of a scissors-Sharpener, a screw-driver point or blade, and ahandle, arranged to apply to' both, and whereby every facilityisaiorde'd for grinding or sharpening the scissors-blades and fortighteningup oradjusting the screw on or with which they work,- andwhich holds them together.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A repre- ,sentsva bevelled-edgedfile,l and B, a circular guidepiece, the two constituting ascissors-shaipener substantially of the' character described in LettersPatent of the United States, N o. 72,995, issued to Lucien M.`

Gilbert on the 7th day of January, 1868, and assigned to myself andCharles' T. Bainbridge, September 8, 1868, and which operates tognd orsharpen the'scisvthe guide-pies@ B, in the 'axial line thereof,-andwhichv not only'facilitatesfthe holding of the scissors-sharpener whilein use, but also serves as a handle to a t screw-driver point or blade,D, arranged to project in front of the file A at'its centre.. Thisscrew-driver of a wood-screw, E, which, on being screwed'into'thehandle, answers to hold the scissors-Sharpener to the latter, theguide-piece B being made to form a hollow rivet, a, through the eye ofthe iile, for uniting the guide-piece and le together, and which hollowrivet serves as a bearing for the head of the screw, in and by the' oneprocess of fastening, to secure the scissors- Sharpener and screw-driverblade lto the handle. This forms a very simple and iirm mode offastening, with every facility for renewaleither of the screw-driverblade or scissors-Sharpener, when necessary.

By combining, in the one implement a' scissorsblades, or if necessary,the blades may be detached for sharpening, and afterwards put togetheragain.

AThe whole devicev constitutes but a small appendage to theAwork-basket, and apart from the convenience of the combinatin' in ageneral way, much. time will be economized. by not having rst -to lookfor a scissors- Sharpener, and afterwards fo 1` a screw-driver, to putthe scissors in proper working-order.

Whatis here claimed, and desired to be seclued by -Letters Patent, isf-A `The combination, in the one instrument or implement, of ascissors-Sharpener, A and B, a screw-driver point or blade, D,-and ahandle C, substantially as described. t

` GARRET P. BERGEN'. Witnesses: t HENRY T. BROWN,

l J. W. OooMBs.

blade is formed -by a projection from' or on the head Sharpener and.screw-driver, there is a great conven-l ience and advantage, inasmuchas after sharpening` scissors', and at other periods, it frequently isnecessary I to tighten up or adj ust the j oint-screw that unites their

